Manufacture of nut-picks



(No' Model.)

H. M. QUAGKENBUSH.

MANUFACTURE OF NUT PICKS.

N0. 296,450. Patented Apr. 8,1884.

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. To a-ZZ whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MARCUS QUAGKENBUSH, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

MANUFACTURE OF NUT-PICKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,450, dated April 8,1884-.

Application filed March 24, 1882. (No model.)

Be it known that I, HENRY MARcUs QUACK- ENBUSH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing'at Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theManufacture of Nut-Picks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of nut-picks composed of roundmetallic wire, in which the handles are embossed or ornamented with adesign, which imparts a high degree of finish to them. Heretofore in theconstruction of these nut-picks it has been customary to form them fromtwo pieces of metal, the body or handleportion and the point, which havebeen united by a screw-thread, and in forming the point the flat portionof the latter has been removed by milling, and the curvature of thepoint afterward given to it. In my invention I produce the entire pickfrom one homogeneouspiece of metal,and I produce the point entire at oneoperation in asuitable die. By this means I avoid loosening orseparation of the two parts of the pick, and I produce a point which isstiffer and harder than if the metal is; left in its original density,as heretofore.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, anelevation, and in Fig. 2 a section, of a nut-pick containing myimprovements.

In carrying my invention into practice, Iselect a cylindrical rod ofwire,which is embossed or ornamented in any desired design upon itssurface, as shown in Fig. 2, in a manner extensively practiced by myselffor several years. A portion of this wire is left intact to form thehandle, as shown at A in said Fig. 1, and the point B is then turneddown in alathe to its general shape. Inext place the point B, or theouter portion thereof, in a suitable die, and impart thepro per pressureto the latter, whereby the concave or flattened portion a is ob tai needby condensing the metal simultaneously with imparting the desiredlongitudinal curvaturc. This completes the manufacture of the pick,which is to be finally polished and plated. By this construction, inwhich I omit the screw-thread union between the two parts of the pick,as heretofore practiced, I avoid, as beforestated, loosening orseparation of the point or handle by producing the point by compressionin a die. The point retains its original shape, and is more durable thanif the metal is left in its original condition.

The ornamented handle imparts a high degree of finish to the instrument,and prevents its slipping in the users hand.

I claim- The manufacture of nut-picks substantially as herein described,consisting in the selection of a metallic rod ornamented upon itssurface to form the handle, reducing a portion of this rod in a lathe toform the point, and finally compressing the point in a die, by whichitis condensed and rendered stiff and hard and the desired curvatureimparted to it.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MARCUS QUACKENBUSH.

Witnesses:

F. Cunrrs, H. E. Lonon.

